Aucklander Anna Phillips has emerged as the winner of an Orcon-sponsored challenge for New Zealanders to design their own modem. Anna will see her winning design printed on a one-off modem and a year’s free broadband.

The 9^th annual AD STARS festival is underway in Busan, South Korea, with a kiwi adman down as one of the keynote speakers. Wayne Pick, Creative Director at Colenso BBDO/Proximity Auckland is there to share examples of brands with purpose.

Just a few days left for the people of Wellington to experience Whittaker’s latest marketing campaign with a pop up store in the central city. The K Bar store in Upper Cuba Street has been open for just over a week and has been promoting three new products to the Whittaker’s range of chocolates.

New Zealand media is showing its softer side with support for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day (nationwide today).

Good news for traditional media in Australia this past week. Data released in Sydney show during the month of June, most Australians got their news from traditional formats.